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As Trump Gained Election Lead, TV Anchors Tried to Convince Viewers to Keep Watching
Most of the nation's big TV-news anchors used the same phrase throughout Election Night: "We're not there yet." As things turned out, they were.
After 1 a.m,, Fox News Channel’s Bret Baier told viewers it looked as if Harris “had no path” to 270 electoral votes, and then, at 1:23, the conservative outlet Newsmax had called the race for Trump, with Nexstar’s NewsNation. CNN’s John King spent much of his time using the network’s signature Magic Wall to show how many more Democratic votes might still be left to help Harris overcome what looked to be deficits in Georgia or Pennsylvania. Jen Psaski, the former Biden White House Press Secretary turned MSNBC host, sat on the panel on NBC News and said: “I’m a believer that you gotta wait until you know … but, yes, if you’re on the campaign right now, you’re feeling pretty down.”
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